Swchandler
What we saw was two men on their own, and Romney looked like a giant next to barry the fraud. Romney got his first chance to expose this lying socialist dirt bag without his spin master Axelrod holding his hand, and he did a great job.
The most laughable comments by the moonbats is Romney is not specific and barry is. My favorite response by Romney was when asked about healthcare in Mass, he reminded everyone that his plan was passed almost unanimously, while barry was the exact opposite. Round one Romney by a landslide!!!!!!!

Welcome back to the forum, rightys Gybe and matty, I missed you. I've said it many time before, I'll say it again....this is 2004 all over again. In the first debate in 2004, JK dominated an agitated, clueless Shrub, just as Romney did last night. Time will tell if this changes the race, but in any event , I'm glad matty has come out from behind his bed.

Mitt certainly gets points on being something more than a brilliantined head that is out of touch. He was well prepared, avoided attacking Obama, and was well re-hearsed on his talking points. But there are no details because there are no detailed plans.

The difference between health care in Massachusetts and in the US is illustrative of the emptiness of Mitt's "working across the aisle" claim. Mitt had to work with Democrats or he would have had a bill on his desk that he would have vetoed. The bills are close enough that the Republicans could have claimed that Obama was stealing a Republican idea. But in fact they announced that no amendments of any kind would garner a single Republican vote. I repeat, for those who are deaf, or quote the Easter Bunny, to blame Obama for the refusal of the Republicans to negotiate on any point is, at best, sophistry.

In the past week , Romney has said he supports the Dream Act...thats good. Last night he said his plan NOW covers pre-exisiting conditions, I like that. I think I'll vote for him now that he has switched back to old Mitt.

What we saw was two men on their own, and Romney looked like a giant next to barry the fraud. Romney got his first chance to expose this lying socialist dirt bag without his spin master Axelrod holding his hand, and he did a great job.

Most of all the reviews of the debate that I've read, pretty much all say the same thing, but I think this one may be the most concise w/o getting too far into the weeds.
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HURT: Obama the debater: Making Jimmy Carter look awesome
By Charles Hurt

Party like it’s 1980!

Bewildered and lost without his teleprompter, President Obama flailed all around the debate stage last night. He was stuttering, nervous and petulant. It was like he had been called in front of the principal after goofing around for four years and blowing off all his homework.

Not since Jimmy Carter faced Ronald Reagan has the U.S. presidency been so embarrassingly represented in public. Actually, that’s an insult to Jimmy Carter.

The split screen was most devastating. Mitt Romney spoke forthrightly, with carefully studied facts and details at the ready. He looked right at the president and accused him of being miles out of his depth.

Mr. Obama? His eyes were glued to his lectern, looking guilty and angry and impatient with all the vagaries of Democracy. This debate was seriously chafing him.

What exactly was Mr. Obama’s strategy here? Did he figure with so many people unemployed in this abomination of an economy he should go for the sympathy vote? Like voters could relate to a guy who is just scared pantsless that he is about to lose his job?

In the middle of the blood-letting segment about jobs, Mr. Romney said good-naturedly: “This is fun.”

Almost pleading, Mr. Obama reached out to the moderator for a lifeline: “You may want to move onto another topic.”

When an unexpected noise went off behind him, Mr. Obama wheeled around to look as if to ask, “Time to go?”

Hopefully.

Turns out, it was the first honest thing we have heard from Mr. Obama’s campaign: The president really was absolutely terrible on the debate stage.

Maybe the next debate will be on something other than the economy that won’t be so bad for Mr. Obama. Perhaps they could hold a debate on street organizing.

Who knew anyone on the planet could make Mitt Romney look easy, relaxed, smooth and human?

But Mr. Romney was absolutely on fire Wednesday night. He had command of countless specifics from voters and business owners from all across country.

He explained complex issues clearly, concisely and with good humor. He was not angry. But he was direct and pointed.

“I’ve been in business for 25 years. I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Romney said in the most devastating understatement of the night. “I maybe need to get a new accountant.”

Like a prosecutor in court, Mr. Romney went after Mr. Obama’s record and eviscerated him about the terrible economy and Mr. Obama’s belief in “trickle down government.”

Mr. Romney also came off as genuine by looking Mr. Obama in the eye with every criticism. He also looked moderator Jim Lehrer in the eye when he told him that if he became president he would cut funding to public broadcasting, possibly eliminating his job.

Mr. Obama weakly offered Mr. Lehrer: “You’ve done a great job.”

OK, that’s one vote for Mr. Obama in the sympathy strategy. Just 55 million votes to go.

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